Any suggestions on how to get rid of a counterfeit......

skeeter

...........$3 gold coin, where I took a major shafting, that came from eBay??????


Ebay will not do anything.

Cladiator

If it's got no real gold in it melt it and toss the slug into your recycle bin. If it actually has some gold content melt it and sell the slug to a jeweler.

Quarternut

Or sell it to a counterfeit collector!

FilthyBroke

Ouch! Sorry to hear that.

tjkillian

Do you have the eBay link? Did you pay by credit card?

Counterfeit collectors might very well be interested in it.

ambro51

Donate it to the ANA so they can study it and hopefully use the information in a constructive way.

PerryHall

Give it to the ANA for their counterfeit reference collection which they use for educational programs and courses. They will give you a receipt and you can take a tax deduction. Or, you could sell it again on eBay as a real coin. (just kidding )

fruitloops

<< <i>...........$3 gold coin, where I took a major shafting, that came from eBay??????


Ebay will not do anything. >>



Got a picture of it?

Veep

I should have taken a picture of the one that I put in a vise and bent over with a hammer before I sent it to the refiner for melt value. Good thing I spotted it was fake when I bought it along with the rest of a ten piece type set.

SirAnthonyAC

<< <i>$3 gold coin, where I took a major shafting, that came from eBay?????? >>



Yes, you contact your Congressman and Attonery General, this is mail fraud and over $250.

Ebay has this guys address and contact information, just becuase the sale was done on EBay does not mean someone can sell counterfeit gold coins. You should also speak to your local police department.

Just don't roll over and take it, if you fight this you will win in the end but, it will take many phone calls and many emails and a few weeks or a few months.

Do not listen to anyone that says “there’s nothing you can do, no one can do anything they’re too busy” … that is complete BS.

I have always won these things, always.

I won against my emergency room surgeon who after being paid the full amount by my insurance company, for an emergency appendectomy, he wanted another $16,000 from me… my Congressman assisted there.

I won against a AAA service station who preformed $400 in unnecessary repairs on my car, the Department of Motor Vehicles Investigations unit helped me, I was referred to them by my local police.

I won against a parking garage that smashed my girlfriend’s car’s front end then claimed they had a sign that said “we’re not responsible”. My girlfriend said “there’s nothing I can do, they had a sign”… well, guess what, they were providing a service and they were charging for that service… they were responsible; she won in small claims court. THEN, when they still wouldn’t pay she said, “there’s nothing I can do, they just stiffed me” … nope, wrong… I called the sheriff’s office, that same day we went to the garage with her court award paperwork and … yup, she had a check by the end of the week.

PrivateCoinCollector

<< <i>Donate it to the ANA so they can study it and hopefully use the information in a constructive way. >>



They have enough. I stared at them all for a week.

claychaser

Have you taken any legal action against the seller?

skeeter

<< <i>Got a picture of it? >>





No picture right now.......the eBay feedback page is over 90 days and the coin has not come back from PCGS.

skeeter

<< <i>Have you taken any legal action against the seller? >>




The seller had 100% positive feedback..........I dont think they knew it, if that matters.

I could not tell it was fake either.

skeeter

I will post a picture next week when it gets back from PCGS.

LindeDad

If it was delivered by the post office start there. Mail Fraud.
Link to the Office of the Inspector General

Walmann

If you know anyone going to the summer Olympics give it to them. Let them "use" it there and have it return to most likely whence it came from.

relicsncoins

Have you contacted the seller yet? What was his/her response. If he said too bad, I would simply email him with two options. 1. Refund my money or 2. Defend yourself in criminal court for selling couterfiet coins. I would right now make sure I save the auction page and photos of the coin just in case.

JJ

BECOKA

What did the seller say when you contacted them?

If he says tough did you pay with pay-pal?

If they say tough did you pay with a credit card through paypal? They will most likely side with you and get your funds back.

PrivateCoinCollector

Is he an ANA memeber? If so he is required to take it back with no statute of limitations.

skeeter

<< <i>What did the seller say when you contacted them?

If he says tough did you pay with pay-pal?

If they say tough did you pay with a credit card through paypal? They will most likely side with you and get your funds back. >>




I have not contacted her yet.........I have asked for the number through eBay.......NO PAYPAL.....Money order

cullenbryant

this counterfeiting is really getting out of hand

skeeter

<< <i>Is he an ANA memeber? If so he is required to take it back with no statute of limitations. >>



I dont think so......she only had 2 coins for sale and had not sold any coins previously.

skeeter

Just got off the phone with eBay.......their personal information will be e-mailed to me within 24 hours....... they have 3817 feedbacks.......all positive.....donscurious is the name on the eBay account.

vplite

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<< <i>$3 gold coin, where I took a major shafting, that came from eBay?????? >>



Yes, you contact your Congressman and Attonery General, this is mail fraud and over $250.

Ebay has this guys address and contact information, just becuase the sale was done on EBay does not mean someone can sell counterfeit gold coins. You should also speak to your local police department.

Just don't roll over and take it, if you fight this you will win in the end but, it will take many phone calls and many emails and a few weeks or a few months.

Do not listen to anyone that says “there’s nothing you can do, no one can do anything they’re too busy” … that is complete BS.

I have always won these things, always.

I won against my emergency room surgeon who after being paid the full amount by my insurance company, for an emergency appendectomy, he wanted another $16,000 from me… my Congressman assisted there.

I won against a AAA service station who preformed $400 in unnecessary repairs on my car, the Department of Motor Vehicles Investigations unit helped me, I was referred to them by my local police.

I won against a parking garage that smashed my girlfriend’s car’s front end then claimed they had a sign that said “we’re not responsible”. My girlfriend said “there’s nothing I can do, they had a sign”… well, guess what, they were providing a service and they were charging for that service… they were responsible; she won in small claims court. THEN, when they still wouldn’t pay she said, “there’s nothing I can do, they just stiffed me” … nope, wrong… I called the sheriff’s office, that same day we went to the garage with her court award paperwork and … yup, she had a check by the end of the week. >>



Good for you!

Putting up with a shafting is the moral equivalent of a victim who does not report being raped. In a way that victim is culpable for the perp's subsequent offenses.

You'd be surprised how often it happens. I have seen the same thing with fraud victims.

I doubt if the locals will do anything because they can claim jurisdictional issues (although they usually have venue if they want to pursue it).

Did you notify your state's Attorney General? Were the mails or interstate commerce involved? Was a report made to the IRS?

AUandAG

I've put two in bezels and my daughter wears them around her neck. Mine are a 92cc $5, and a 74 $1. Both tested
at 22K so have the real deal in them.

bob

mrpotatoheadd

<< <i>I have not contacted her yet......... >>

Does that mean we have to hold off on the lynching?